Patents by Inventor Duane Nielsen

Duane Nielsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of operating a flying shear
    Patent number: 7258049
    Abstract: A method of operating a flying shear for cutting a rolled strip, which includes at least one drum provided with a blade, includes synchronizing a peripheral speed of the blade with a feed rate of the rolled strip, and cutting the rolled strip by effecting a partial penetration of the blade in the rolled strip to produce a weakened location of the rolled strip, and by tearing the rolled strip at the weakened location by a tensile force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: SMS Demag AG
    Inventors: Horst Grafe, Jürgen Merz, Jochen Münker, Duane A. Nielsen, Michael L. Barry
  • Method of operating a flying shear
    Publication number: 20050183557
    Abstract: A method of operating a flying shear for cutting a rolled strip, which includes at least one drum provided with a blade, includes synchronizing a peripheral speed of the blade with a feed rate of the rolled strip, and cutting the rolled strip by effecting a partial penetration of the blade in the rolled strip to produce a weakened location of the rolled strip, and by tearing the rolled strip at the weakened location by a tensile force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Horst Grafe, Jurgen Merz, Jochen Munker, Duane Nielsen, Michael Barry